Senior Ambient Air Quality Professional

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Job Description

AECOM's Air Quality team is seeking an experienced Senior Ambient Air Quality Professional to join our environmental consulting practice in a senior level technical role. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in ambient air monitoring, air quality assessments, and air quality modeling, and will serve as a technical leader supporting complex projects for public- and private-sector clients.

This hybrid position can be based in our Houston or Austin, TX offices.

This position is well-suited for a professional with strong regulatory knowledge, proven consulting experience, and the ability to lead technical work, advise clients, and mentor staff across a diverse portfolio of ambient air quality projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Project Delivery:

* Lead and manage ambient air quality programs, including monitoring network design, implementation, operation, and data interpretation.

* Provide technical oversight for ambient air monitoring plans, quality assurance project plans (QAPPs), and standard operating procedures.

* Manage and interpret ambient air quality datasets in support of regulatory compliance, permitting, planning, and health or environmental risk evaluations.

* Support NAAQS-related analyses, State Implementation Plan support, attainment demonstrations, conformity, and regulatory assessments.

* Oversee or support air dispersion modeling and analyses as they relate to ambient air impacts.

* Serve as a technical resource during regulatory reviews, public engagement processes, and agency interactions.

Client & Program Management:

* Serve as a primary technical point of contact for clients on ambient air quality matters.

* Lead or support project planning, scope development, scheduling, and budget management.

* Translate complex technical findings into clear, defensible conclusions for client, regulator, and public-facing audiences.

* Support proposal development and technical scoping for ambient air quality and air monitoring projects.

Leadership & Mentorship:

* Mentor and review work products of junior and mid-level staff, ensuring technical quality and regulatory defensibility.

* Contribute to development of best practices, methodologies, and internal technical guidance.

* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (air permitting, EHS, environmental planning, health sciences) to deliver integrated solutions.

About AECOM's Environment Business Line

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world's most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

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